Blog: Eastern Shoshone Tribe builds NAACP alliance

Monday, October 15, 2007  

"Creating partnerships is the synergy that helps us get beyond obstacles and strengthens the foundation of friendship through development and growth.

In today's world, we're beginning to find that partnerships provide a certain kind of intrinsic value that can be priceless. A partnership gives its members the ability to seek understanding and talk about those things that help lead to positive change.

As noted in The Crisis Magazine, a publication created by author W.E.B. Dubois for communicating to NAACP members and supporters, a delegation consisting of NAACP leaders and members of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe recently gathered to discuss building future alliances. The tribe purchased a corporate membership earlier this year sealing its commitment and support of the initiatives undertaken by the organization.

The article further explains that the tribe's chairman, Ivan Posey, has stated a commitment to forming a youth council and an adult branch. Although it's the first tribe to align with the NAACP, both are interested in working to resolve and address issues facing those who have "experienced health disparities, education inequities, economic injustice and discrimination within the criminal justice system," notes interim president and CEO Dennis Hayes.

These issues claim no originality to age, sex, race or creed. They are issues shared by many."

Get the Story:
Glenda Overstreet: Tribe, NAACP building alliance (The Topeka Capital-Journal 10/14)

$rl Eastern Shoshone Tribe - http://www.easternshoshone.net
Crisis Magazine - http://www.thecrisismagazine.com
NAACP - http://www.naacp.org